April 24 (Reuters) - Canadian oil sands producer MEG Energy
Corp posted record quarterly output and opened up new
export routes to the United States, putting its shares on track
for their biggest one-day percentage gain in a year.

MEG's stock rose as much as 8 percent on Wednesday after the
company said it had begun sending crude across the border on
barges to avoid congestion in the main pipeline linking the oil
sands of Alberta to U.S. refineries.

Chief Executive Bill McCaffrey said MEG also planned to ship
"significant" volumes of crude by rail in the second half of the
year.

"As we continue through 2013, we expect to deliver
increasing volumes to higher-priced markets," McCaffrey said in
a statement accompanying first-quarter results.
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